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Live-Action Kingdom Film Earns 5 Billion Yen Gross
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Mainchi Shimbun's Mantan Web media news site revealed on Friday that, as of Thursday, the live-action film of Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga has sold a total of 3.7 million tickets and has earned more than 5 billion yen (about US$45 million).
The film opened in Japan on April 19 and sold 506,861 tickets to earn 690,219,500 yen (about US$6.17 million) in its first three days from Friday through Sunday. Funimation will screen the film in theaters in the United States and Canada this summer.
Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) directed the film. Sony Pictures Japan produced the film. ONE OK ROCK performed the theme song "Wasted Nights" for the film.
Kento Yamazaki reprised his role as protagonist Shin (Xin) from the manga's earlier live-action short.
Hara's historical manga centers around the slave boy Xin and his dream of becoming a great general for the state of Qin. Xin helps Ying Zheng, the young Qin king who shares his desire to unify China, rise to power within the state. Xin does all he can to become a superior commander of an army capable of defeating the Seven Warring States.
The record-setting manga launched in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in 2006. Shueisha published the 54th volume on April 19. Hara said he is considering writing up to 100 volumes. A television anime adaptation premiered in 2012, and a second season premiered in 2013. Funimation streamed the series in North America and released both anime on DVD in 2016.
Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
